Chiwetel Ejiofor
English actor
Still to come, I think.
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Giving DJ culture more respect.
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I am a pretty good dog mum.
Working on myself. I’m a work in progress to the end.
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I loved my 1 minute 40 seconds singing at the coronation of King Charles. I was the most nervous I’ve been.
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My girlfriend [Cuban model Jessica Ledon].
People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
Every time I put out a record, I feel like it’s the best. So when a record is not successful it’s very painful.
I guess I would wake up, have breakfast with my children. Then I’d go to the studio and make the best record of my life, and then have a lot of sex! That sounds pretty balanced, I think!
Fifteen years ago, a bacteria went to my heart. For three days they didn’t know if I was going to live or not.
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